03 AUG 2022 Ammonia, methanol and hydrogen are being pursued as cleaner fuels to drive shipping’s decarbonisation. But barriers remain to their upscaling. Experts say the shipping industry will have to decarbonize rapidly to keep global average temperature increases below the critical threshold of 1.5C, and find alternative green fuels …
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30 JULY 2022 We often think of babies as blank canvases with little ability to learn during the first few weeks of life. But babies actually start processing language and speech incredibly early. Even while in the womb, they learn to discern voices, along with some speech sounds. But …
Read More »27 JULY 2022 Increased misinformation and the disruption of global supply chains due to COVID-19 are behind the biggest sustained drop in childhood vaccinations in three decades, a UN report said. The percentage of children who received three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) fell five percentage points …
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26 JULY 2022 Another one of the classic cruise ships which helped to lay the groundwork for today’s billion-dollar industry has reached the end of its long career. Introduced in 1977 as Cunard Line’s Cunard Princess, the diminutive 17,500 gross ton cruise ship holds a unique place as the last of …
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24 JULY 2022 Menstrual cycles are a somewhat forgotten vital sign of health – not unlike pulse, breathing rate and body temperature, but far less talked about. Except in early 2021, when people started noticing that they had heavier than usual, or unexpected, menstrual bleeding after getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Although these changes …
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21 JULY 2022 We’ve known for some time that anxiety runs in families, but research now suggests that anxiety disorders are passed down from mother to daughter and that having a father without anxiety protects sons from developing the condition. Researchers looked at the role of nature versus nurture in the development …
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20 JULY 2022 There’s a new coronavirus variant traveling around this summer at a record clip. It’s a variant of Omicron called BA.5, and it’s causing a stir largely because it has evolved even further away than other Omicron variants did from the coronavirus we already knew. Previously, getting infected with Omicron …
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19 JULY 2022 Some people experiencing debilitating long COVID symptoms have spent tens of thousands of euros traveling across Europe to access a ‘blood-washing’ procedure that is experimental and unproven. ‘Blood washing’, or apheresis, involves extracting a person’s blood, filtering the blood to remove lipids and inflammatory proteins, and reinfusing …
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14 JULY 2022 Heat waves are becoming supercharged as the climate changes – lasting longer, becoming more frequent and getting just plain hotter. One question a lot of people are asking is: “When will it get too hot for normal daily activity as we know it, even for young, healthy adults?” The …
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13 JULY 2022 A small new study published Tuesday by scientists at the US National Institutes of Health suggests that the immune response triggered by coronavirus infections damages the brain’s blood vessels and could be responsible for long COVID symptoms. The paper, published in the journal Brain, was based on brain autopsies from nine …
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